Physiological sculpture of plants: new visions and capabilities for crop development

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Tom Adams	Monsanto, MO, USA
Richard Amasino	University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA
Jeffrey Bennetzen	University of Georgia, GA, USA
Luca Comai	University of California-Davis, CA,USA
Deborah Delmer	Rockefeller Foundation, NY, USA & University of California-Davis (Professor Emeritus), CA, USA.
Rebecca Doerge	Purdue University, IN, USA
Richard Flavell	Ceres Inc., CA, USA
Robert Goldberg	University of California-Los Angeles, CA, USA
Neal Gutterson	Mendel Biotechnologies, CA, USA
Robert Horsch	Gates Foundation, Washington, WA, USA
Rich Jorgensen	University of Arizona, AZ, USA
Harry Klee	University of Florida, FL, USA
Erik Legg	Syngenta Biotechnology Inc., NC, USA
Rob Martienssen	Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA
Susan McCouch	Cornell University, NY, USA
Daniel Rokhsar	US Dept. of Energy, USA
Chris Somerville	Carnegie Institute of Plant Research, CA, USA
Brian Staskawicz	University of California-Berkeley, CA, USA
Scott Tingey	Dupont Corporation, DE, USA
Michael Thomashow	Michigan State University, MI, USA
John Willis	Duke University, NC, USA

Physiological sculpture of plants logo by Gretchen Bracher. Illustrations: Pod rupture during seed development from, Chiurugwi et al. Growth of compatible pollen tubes through stigma and style, from Kemp & Doughty. Invasive wild oats and Localization of the defence-related triterpenes in oat roots from Field et al. Transcriptomic analysis of senescence-associated genes in barley, from Parrott et al. Simulating the effects of localized red:far-red ratio on tillering in spring wheat, from Evers at al. Phenotypic and transcriptomic analysis of lignification in Aradopsis, from Rogers et al. Increased and acquired resistance to TMV in tobacco, from Develey-Rivière & Galiana. Physiological sculpture of plants: new visions and capabilities for crop breeding is sponsored by the New Phytologist Trust